The 8th India-Australia Defence Policy Talks (DPT) was held at Canberra in Australia on 24-25 July 2023. The Defence policy talks were co-chaired by Special Secretary in Ministry of Defence Smt. Nivedita Shukla Verma, and Acting Deputy Secretary in Department of Defence, Australia Mr Steven Moore. During the Defence Policy talks, both sides reviewed the bilateral…
ISRO demonstrated its commitment to fostering the space ecosystem in India by enabling a successful rocket engine test conducted by Skyroot, a Hyderabad-based space start-up, at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) Mahendragiri. The test took place in the Liquid Thruster Test Facility (LTTF) in IPRC. The testing was enabled by IN-SPACe. Noteworthy, the test involved the…
India paid rich tributes to the brave soldiers of the 1999 Kargil war on the 24th anniversary of India’s historic victory, which is celebrated as ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ on 26th July every year. To mark the day, the Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh today visited the Kargil War Memorial at Dras in Ladakh, laid a wreath…
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a Navratna Defence PSU, and CoRover Private Limited, a human-centric conversational and generative AI company, have signed a two-year, non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate as partners and indigenously develop and deploy emerging technologies and technical solutions to address the requirements of AI-based solutions, especially Conversational AI-based virtual assistants. This…
The Government of Canada has awarded Airbus Defence and Space with a contract for four newly-built Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft (MRTT) and for the conversion of five used A330-200s in a quest to strengthen Canada’s continental defence capabilities. The current contract has an order value of approximately CAD $3 billion or 2.1€ billion (excluding…
The Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu with his Russian military delegation arrived in North Korea on Tuesday. He is on a three-day visit to North Korea. This visit is expected to further strengthen the Russian-North Korean ties and will be a milestone in the development of cooperation between the two countries. Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
Boeing and NASA will collaborate with U.S. airlines to advise the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project and development of the X-66A research aircraft. As part of a new sustainability coalition, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines will provide input on operational efficiencies, maintenance, handling characteristics and airport compatibility. NASA and…
ISRO successfully tested the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) on July 19, 2023 at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) , Mahendragiri. This test involved five liquid apogee motor (LAM) engines with a thrust of 440 N and sixteen reaction control system (RCS) Thrusters with a thrust of 100 N. To be noted that the Service Module of…
According to the Bulgarian Economy Minister Bogdan Bogdanov, the exports of weapons and military equipment from Bulgaria surged by 200 percent in 2022 as compared to the previous year, reaching approximately EUR1.6-1.7 billion, which is equal to 2% of the country’s GDP. Almost all weapons products in 2022 were exported through intermediaries to Ukraine. Further,…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has reportedly requested the France based Dassault Aviation, to integrate indigenous weapons like ‘Astra air’ to air missile and Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) on the Rafale jets which has been in service with the IAF since 2020. While, the Astra air-to-air missiles are capable of striking targets up to…
